Anonymous
By the County of Santa Barbara
The County of Santa Barbara, in partnership with local cities, is making it easier for residents to take steps to address the climate crisis by launching the Climate Resilient Santa Barbara campaign (www.climateresilientsbc.org). The campaign provides an online platform with a comprehensive list of actions residents can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve resiliency and create stronger community connections. Each action category provides specific steps, educational tools and information on existing programs and financial incentives.
“Local residents want to take action to save our environment but aren’t always sure how. It is challenging to research electric vehicle or heat pump technologies and incentives. Climate Resilient Santa Barbara County provides them with a blueprint,” said Chair of the Board of Supervisors, Das Williams. “The County is transitioning our fleet to zero-emission vehicles, adding solar and storage to our facilities and diverting waste – we call upon our residents to take similar steps to meet our climate goals and we have incentives to help them do so.”
The first step for users is to create a profile and enter information about their home and activities to establish their carbon footprint. Users can then act on their own or create a team or community group and explore actions together. Action categories on the platform include topics like Clean Energy Home; Be Water Wise; Eat Green & Waste Less; Shift Your Ride; and Resilience. The online platform also tracks individual carbon reductions and financial savings which roll up to community-wide impacts.
“What I love about Climate Resilient SBC is that it empowers community members to become leaders and self-organize to take action on climate,” said Ashley Watkins, County Sustainability Division Chief. “County and city staff will support these efforts by helping to train community leaders and providing topic specific workshops”.
The initiative will help support the work of the County’s One Climate Initiative which includes the County’s 2030 Climate Action Plan among other climate related planning efforts. The County is launching the initiative in partnership with the cities of Carpinteria and Santa Barbara, the Tri-County Regional Energy Network, Central Coast Community Energy, Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative, Community Environmental Council and Ecology Action. It is part of a larger six county initiative called Resilient Central Coast that spans from Santa Cruz to Ventura. Residents located in other counties can connect with their local platform at www.resilientcentralcoast.org.
Santa Barbara County residents should check out the Climate Resilient SBC website, the website is also available in Spanish, Explorar acciones en español.
F- off government…
Funny we were all taught to recycle everything, from since the early 90’s but now all of a sudden we can’t recycle half of what we used to because china stopped taking all our trash lol. Marborg has been send out flyers say don’t recycle this or that anymore smh.
For so many years, plastic “recycling” meant shipping the plastic out of the country. If the plastic wasn’t dumped in the ocean, it was typically burned out in the open and the partially burned remains would wash into the sea when it rained. So ironic that all those efforts to sort plastic and “recycle” it actually did more harm than good and caused tremendous air and ocean pollution.
LOL yeah totally F the environment! Trying to help clean our planet is just a liberal hoax to distract you while Biden burns forests, steals water from the ocean and adds more ice to the arctic icecaps. Watch out guys….. the sun and the wind are coming for you!
Hey SACJON- Did you dispose of your natural gas stove yet…? How are you getting rid of your Pirus batteries…? How about those SB County off shore wind machines coming that will kill birds and beach CA Grey whales due to the high frequency sound waves…?
Hey COASTWATCH – whatabout whatabout whatabout?
CoastClown–
Provide information on how it is possible to re-use petroleum based fuels after they are burned. You can’t.
Prius batteries can in fact be repurposed and recycled for secondary uses.
Oh and the whole whale beaching thing was pretty much debunked. Try getting news from places other than memes you see on Parler.
County Sustainability Division Chief. Sounds like a do nothing position with a hefty pension @ the end.